Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 655. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.92 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet, wart on forehead; eight-rayed star to left, crescent to right; all within pelleted border / MBΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩZ/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN ΛO (three-bar Σ)VΛI (...)V ΞΛIΛN(...)/Λ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛH(...) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; NI below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 47.32; Shore -; PDC 42040 (same obv. die). Good VF. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.